Ashley Broad net worth: Ashley Broad is an American businesswoman and reality television star who has a net worth of $1 million. Ashley Broad began working in her family's pawnshop when she was a child, and was writing her pawn slips for customers by the time she was seven. She went on to graduate from Michigan State University with a degree in Business Administration, and then attended the Gemological Institute of America, where she earned her diamond certification. She then returned to work for the family business, American Jewelry and Loan. She is the company's general manager. American Jewelry and Loan is the subject of the truTV reality show, "Hardcore Pawn", which follows the daily business of the pawnshop. The program was recently renewed for a seventh season. When she is not working at the pawnshop, Ms. Benson spends time with her husband and two children, and enjoys going to the gym, playing tennis, and reading.

Hardcore Pawn is an American reality television series produced by RDF USA (later Zodiak USA) and Richard Dominick Productions for truTV about the day-to-day operations of American Jewelry and Loan, a family-owned pawn shop located at 20450 Greenfield Road, between 8 Mile Road and the John C. Lodge Freeway in Detroit, Michigan.The series premiered on August 16, 2010, delivering two million viewers, setting a record as truTV's most-watched series premiere ever.American Jewelry and Loan is owned by Leslie "Les" Gold, the son of a pawnbroker who once owned Sam's Loans, a now-defunct pawnshop on Michigan Avenue in Detroit. Les first opened American Jewelry at the Green Eight Shopping Center on 8 Mile Road in Oak Park in 1978, moving to its present location in 1993..In 2011, American Jewelry expanded to its second location when it acquired Premier Jewelry and Loan in Pontiac;[a] the new location was featured in the first few episodes of Hardcore Pawn's fifth season, and in two episodes of the sixth season, where Seth deliberates selling the Pontiac location behind Les's back. American Jewelry has plans to open a third location somewhere in Detroit, but detailed plans for the new location have yet to be announced.Les's only son, Seth, a graduate of the University of Michigan who initially pursued a career in medicine before joining the family business, is the general manager, Les's business partner, and handles the shop's marketing.[citation needed] Seth claims that if it wasn't for him, the shop's only marketing would be "an ad in the Yellow Pages". The co-manager is Les's daughter, Ashley (a college graduate from Michigan State University with a bachelor's degree in business administration) who, as the series debuted, returned to the shop after taking some time off for maternity leave. The sibling rivalry between her and Seth is a common element of many episodes.On January 25, 2013, it was announced that Hardcore Pawn had been renewed for a seventh s

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